deride

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dērīdēre, the present active infinitive of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (prefix denoting putting down or subjecting to indignity) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”) (referring to turning the mouth to smile) or *wreyd- (“to carve; to scratch”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹaɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈɹaɪd/, /di-/ Rhymes: -aɪd Hyphenation: de‧ride === Verb === deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided) (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ridicule (intransitive, obsolete) To laugh in a harshly mocking manner. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === mockery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “deride”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “deride”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Diedre, redied == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deˈri.de/ Rhymes: -ide Hyphenation: de‧rì‧de === Verb === deride third-person singular present indicative of deridere === Anagrams === diedre == Latin == === Verb === dērīdē second-person singular present active imperative of dērīdeō == Turkish == === Noun === deride locative singular of deri